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Google Scrubs Coronavirus Misinformation on Search, YouTube
Biology Professor Carl Bergstrom discusses how Google is swept up in the misinformation surrounding coronavirus.
03/10/2020 | Bloomberg -
Covid-19 outbreak: what do health experts mean by 'flattening the curve'?
Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, explains what "flattening the curve" is and why it's important in the coronavirus.
03/10/2020 | The Guardian -
Everything Is Innovative When You Ignore the Past
Margaret O'Mara, history professor, discusses how the tech industry often fails to look backward in history.
03/09/2020 | Vice -
Coronavirus And Global Supply Chain Disruption: A Wake-Up Call For Climate Policy?
Political science Professor Aseem Prakash explains the coronavirus's impact on the environment and on global supply chains.
03/07/2020 | Forbes -
Physicists have narrowed the mass range for hypothetical dark matter axions
Physics Professor Gray Rybka explains research into the size of dark matter axions.
03/06/2020 | Science News -
Betelgeuse: Astronomers Determine the Reason for Strange Dimming of Far-Away Star
Emily Levesque, an associate professor of astronomy, discusses why the star Betelgeuse is dimming.
03/06/2020 | Inverse -
UW Honors students use art to disrupt the narrative on homelessness
Students in the Interdisciplinary Honors class “Citizen Acts to Challenge Poverty” collaborated with Real Change to bring the exhibit Portraits for Change.
03/06/2020 | UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs -
There’s a complex history of skin lighteners in Africa and beyond
History Professor Lynn Thomas discusses the racist history of skin lightening products, many of which contain dangerous mercury.
03/05/2020 | The Conversation -
Life in Seattle, America’s Coronavirus Capital
Margaret O'Mara, history professor, writes about what life is like in Seattle, epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the US.
03/05/2020 | New York Times -
How to talk to kids about the novel coronavirus
Lynn Fainsilber Katz, psychology research professor, explains different strategies for talking to kids about coronavirus.
03/05/2020 | The Seattle Times